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Sorry for the radio silence from me the past few days...I have felt a bit :stalled: as we wait for the results of Mook's chromosome/karyotype test. My
phone should be ringing sometime today, since I was able to convince my
favorite lab nurse to call and check on when we could expect the
results.

I mentioned my happiness (which didnt compare to Mook's happiness!) about his count going up!
The lowest count he ever got from a SA was 2 million, and this most
recent showed 10 million--a small victory, but we'll take it! His
motility showed 20% forward movement, and a 28% morphology. So we are
still looking at "low" in regards to count and motility, but
borderline-normal for morphology! It has encouraged Mook to continue
the great exercise routine he has done the past year, along with taking
multivitamins. Who knows if this has a direct correlation or not, but
it's encouraging, to say the least!

So hopefully by tomorrow's (in) Fertility Friday Five I will have more good news to report...

In the meantime, let's talk about my Savings Account. Before our IVF cycle last year, I decided it was time to kash in.
I thought it was time to put all my good karma to use, and pray that
all the good deeds I had done would bring us luck. I guess I hadn't
saved up quite enough...

So this past weekend, I added (in my opinion) some major kash to my Karma Savings Account. Here is what I deposited:

Attended a community festival where I was subjected to hundreds of toddlers, babies in strollers, and pregnant bellies. ($$$$$)

Looked after our 6-year-old neighbor, while her mommy and poppa
went to the hospital, hoping to deliver their baby girl (false alarm).
We love this little 6 year old to death, so the depositing of karma
kash in this instance is not made in malice. Even having to see my
neighbor's very-pregnant belly has not caused me to hyperventilate. ($$$)

Stopped at a lemonade stand in a neighborhood behind mine--2
adorable children selling lemonade with their mom and grandmother
sitting near by. I could have driven right on by, but something pulled
at my heartstrings. I dutifully paid my 25 cents, and even through in a
tip. When I got home, I gave that lemonade to my very-pregnant
neighbor. That's got to be good for something, right? ($$$$)

Now that I've got more funds in the account, I'm hoping it will draw
interest and I'll be able to kash out again in a few weeks...

Questions for tomorrow's Five for Friday? Send them to me today! jj@redbookmag.com